Ready to Gather!
We are ready to gather at Chatfield Botanic Gardens.
Here is everything you need to walk in ready.
Gate and Schedule
Friday: The gates open at 4 pm, sessions begin at 4:30 pm, and you can shop the marketplace and get dinner from one of the food trucks. Friday runs until 8:45 pm.
Saturday: The gates open at 8:30 am, first sessions begin at 9 am, and the day runs until 7 pm. In addition to the food truck offerings linked above. Check out our special sponsored offerings here.
Sunday: The gates open at 8:30 am, first sessions begin at 9 am, and the day runs until 6 pm. We will be giving away prizes at the closing ceremony on Sunday at 5:00 pm.
Parking and Arrival
Parking is free and available onsite. Overflow parking is just to the west in the field with flags.
Enter on the west side of the visitor center.
The grounds are 700 acres, so give yourself extra time to arrive, park, and walk to your first session. Check out the venue map here.
Download Sched (pronounced Sked)
Sched holds your schedule and real-time updates. Download the app now and log in using this same email address so everything syncs correctly.
If you purchased the Teacher Track add-on, we'll generate your Yoga Alliance CE certificate from your session check-ins and email it to you by October 1st.
You can download the Sched Event App for both Android and iPhone.
Android: Download it from the Google Play Store.
iPhone (iOS): Download it from the Apple App Store.
After installing the app, open it and search for “Denver Yoga Summit”.
Tap your Profile icon or My Account, Sign in, Tap on “Personal QR Code” for us to scan.
What to Bring
Yoga mat and a cushion or block for seated practices. (There are also some available for purchase.)
A reusable water bottle.
Layers. Colorado weather in September can shift fast, especially once the sun goes down
Sunscreen/hat/sunglasses and comfortable walking shoes for the grounds
You’ll receive a journal and pen at registration sponsored by Lotus Yoga School, so that’s one less thing to pack!
Bring the Whole Family Friday Night
Friday could be a family night—if you want it to be. Kids get in free.
The family can shop the marketplace, grab dinner from a food truck, fill your water bottle at our sponsor Rius, and settle into the gardens for the concert.
Mose will move the night from quiet meditation into a crowd dancing before anyone quite knows how they got there.
Arrival & Navigation
Registration happens on the east side of the visitor center, under the big awning. Plan to spend 10 minutes there. You'll check in, get your welcome bag, and get oriented.
At registration, pull up the Sched app. It will show you where your first session is. The grounds are 700 acres, so walking times range from 5 to 20 minutes depending on which space you're headed to.
We designed the layout to give you natural breaks between sessions. Walk slowly. Notice the gardens. Grab water. Sit on a bench if you need a moment. That's part of the weekend.
Check the venue map before you arrive so you know the general layout.
What You'll Feel When You Arrive
When you walk through the gates Friday at 4 pm, you're not walking into a yoga class. You're walking into a gathering.
The marketplace will be open. You can browse vendors, eat from food trucks, and laugh. The gardens are beautiful. The energy is intentional. Everything is created so you feel like your presence matters.
If you're nervous about whether you belong, you do. If you're wondering whether it will be worth it, it will. If you're afraid of standing alone, you won't. People show up to the Summit because they're ready for connection (to themselves, each other, and these yoga practices). So are you. That's the common ground.
Accessibility
Everyone deserves to move and learn here.
Adaptive yoga sessions run throughout the weekend. If you need a chair practice, a slower pace, or physical support, check the Sched app and filter by "adaptive" or "chair yoga." These sessions are full classes, not separate experiences. They're built into the main schedule.
We have an ASL American Sign Language interpreter available. If you're deaf or hard of hearing and want an interpreter for specific sessions, email us at director@denveryogasummit.com by Thursday, September 10th so we can arrange coverage.
If you have accessibility needs not listed here, please reply to this email us. We will find a way to make it work.
Weather Protocol
Colorado September is unpredictable. We've planned for that.
Many of our eight spaces are covered (pavilions with open sides). Some are open to the sky. All of them are beautiful, and all of them serve a purpose.
If lightning occurs, we pause outdoor sessions and reconvene once it's safe. Check the Sched app throughout the day for real-time updates. Staff will direct you to covered spaces if needed.
Bring layers. Bring a light rain jacket if you have one. The sun might come out and make it 85 degrees by afternoon. That's the Colorado way.
How to Design Your Weekend
Ninety sessions. Eight spaces. Three days. You can't do it all, and you don't need to.
Here's how to pick:
Pick 3 to 4 sessions for the entire weekend that genuinely interest you. Not the ones that sound impressive. The ones that make you think, "I actually want to go to that."
Give yourself 15-minute buffers between sessions. This is not wasted time. Use this time to walk the grounds, fill your water bottle, journal, sit with what you just learned, or talk to someone you met.
Check the schedule layout on Sched to see which sessions run at the same time. If two sessions you want are concurrent, you have to choose. That's fine. Come back next year and take the other one.
The lavender labyrinth and butterfly garden are always open. The tea ceremony happens at specific times. The marketplace is open all day. You don't have to schedule everything. Some of the weekend happens between the sessions.
One last thing: You probably won't see all 56 presenters. You probably won't go to every workshop. You will leave with at least one life-changing tool. That's the promise.
Bring a Can, Support a Neighbor
We will have Food Bank of the Rockies donation boxes at registration all weekend. Bring non-perishable items: peanut butter, canned meats, tuna, chicken, canned chili or stew, pasta, canned vegetables and fruit, oatmeal, cereal, or anything else shelf-stable. No glass containers, please.
Can't bring a physical donation? You can give directly here.
We cannot wait to gather with you in the gardens.
With so much love, gratitude, and excitement,
Brittany
PS: I’m still doing IG live interviews with the presenters pretty much every weekday. Would love for you to tune in!
What the Denver Yoga Summit Is
If you found this page because you saw Brittany on TV Friday morning and you ’t sure what the Summit is, here is the short version.
The Denver Yoga Summit is a three-day gathering at Denver Botanic Gardens at Chatfield Farms, a 700-acre native plant refuge and working farm in Littleton. It runs September 11 through 13, 2026, and includes more than 90 classes, workshops, talks, and community sessions across movement, philosophy, breathwork, meditation, and sound. Eight event spaces run at the same time, so a beginner can choose a chair yoga class while an advanced practitioner takes a power vinyasa flow one field over.
The Summit exists because most people experience yoga as a fitness class and never find out it is a complete way of living. It also exists because too many people walk into a yoga space and feel like they don't belong there because of how they look, how flexible they are, or how long they have been practicing. The Summit was built to close both of those gaps. You can read the full story behind why the Summit exists in our origin story post.
Five percent of proceeds go to local nonprofits, including organizations serving veterans, people in trauma recovery, and low-cost mental health care. That commitment to seva runs through everything the Summit does, on stage and behind the scenes.
Why We Do This
Everyone deserves to feel like they belong in yoga. Yoga belongs in every part of life, on and off the mat. That's why the Summit exists, and it is the same reason we get on live TV at 7am and talk about tree pose in the wrong shoes. Every camera, every article, every conversation is one more way to reach someone who has not walked into a yoga space yet because they weren’t sure they would belong there.
See you September 11 through 13 at Chatfield Farms.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the Denver Yoga Summit? The Denver Yoga Summit is a three-day yoga gathering at Denver Botanic Gardens at Chatfield Farms in Littleton, Colorado, featuring more than 90 classes, workshops, and community sessions across yoga philosophy, asana, breathwork, meditation, and sound.
When is the Denver Yoga Summit 2026? The Summit runs September 11-13, 2026. Gates open at 4 pm on Friday and 8:30 am on Saturday and Sunday.
Where is the Denver Yoga Summit held? Denver Botanic Gardens at Chatfield Farms, 8500 W Deer Creek Canyon Rd, Littleton, CO 80128.
Is the Denver Yoga Summit only for experienced yogis? No. Sessions span every level, from chair yoga and beginner-friendly practices to advanced power vinyasa, and the event is built on the idea that everyone belongs in yoga, regardless of experience.
Was the Denver Yoga Summit featured in the news? On Friday, August 14, 2026, Denver Yoga Summit director Brittany Hopkins Switlick appeared live on KWGN Channel 2's Daybreak AND Great Day Colorado to talk about the Summit, a three-day yoga gathering at Denver Botanic Gardens at Chatfield Farms, September 11 through 13, 2026. That same week, 303 Magazine published a feature on the event. The next interview happened on September 8th, 2026, on Denver’s Channel 9 News. And then came the Westword article!
Who is Dan Nevins and why is he speaking at the Denver Yoga Summit? Dan Nevins is a U.S. Army veteran who lost both legs below the knee and sustained a traumatic brain injury in Iraq in 2004. He now speaks and teaches yoga, with a message on resilience and perseverance that has reached audiences for more than a decade. He is a featured speaker at the 2026 Summit.